Only the scanned copy is currently available in wikisource. We are starting the digitisation process in no time.
Regards, Balasankar C http://balasankarc.in 2013/8/29 Abhijeet Safai <abhijeet.sa...@gmail.com> > Great! > On 29-Aug-2013 6:21 PM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" <subhash...@cis-india.org> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> This is a great success to share the effort of Shiju and other >> Malayalam Wikimedians to bring Samkshepa Vedartham, the first >> Malayalam book online. This is a news article which has come on The >> Times of India and copyrighted.[1] >> >> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From a college library in Bangalore, a fragile >> copy of the first book printed in Malayalam -- SampkshepaVedartham -- >> has made a leap to eternity. Thanks to efforts by >> MalayalamWikipedians, the book printed in 1772 and kept in Dharmaram >> College in Bangalore is now available free on the internet, without >> any copyright restriction. >> >> The scanned copy of 'Sampkshepa Vedartham or Nasranikal Okkeyum >> Ariyendunna Sampkshepa Vedartham' will be a major source of >> information for those interested in the history and development of >> Malayalam script. The book by Italian priest Clement Peanices is in >> the form of Christian religious teaching in question-answer format. >> The first edition of the book was printed using Malayalam types in >> Rome in 1772 and was brought to the state in 1774. >> >> A scanned copy of 'Albhabetum Grandonico Malabaricum', the first book >> to use Malayalam types, is already available for public use. It is >> believed that the Malayalam portion of this Latin book was printed >> using the movable types made to print 'Sampkshepa Vedartham'. >> >> Shiju Alex, an active Wikipedian, had taken the initiative to bring >> out 'Sampkshepa Vedartham' on the internet with the support of other >> members of Malayalam Wikipedia. Ironically, one of the oldest copies >> of the book is housed in the Kerala university library. Though it was >> digitized using the state grant, it is not available for public use. >> >> "Sampkshepa Vedartham was printed almost 241 years ago. The book gives >> insights into the old type of Malayalam numerals. No space is left >> between words. Also signs, such as full stops, are not used between >> sentences," Alex said. He said the scanned copy of the book has been >> uploaded on archives.org, where interested people can read it online >> or download the PDF format. "We have begun steps to upload it in >> Wikipedia commons (an online repository of media files). A digitized >> version will also be available in Malayalam Wikisource," he added. >> >> >> 1. >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/First-book-printed-in-Malayalam-goes-online/articleshow/22125735.cms >> >> -- >> Best! >> Subhashish Panigrahi >> Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge >> Centre for Internet and Society >> @psubhashish >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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